A HANDSOME GIFT.
TO A SOUTHERN HOSPITAL 'rl-■'::;■;,. . ,>.• ■ _,U : .'?'..; (B» A UoinaUonJ) ? The North Canterbury Hospital and Charitable :Aa<J Board to-day adopted; thejreport of Gdnmiiitee, the acceptance <>t the offer of a .Goyerndr's Bay to give eleven acres of land at Govern' or's Bay and £IOOO in cash, for the purpose of a convalescent home for children. The offer also includes provision for endowing the institution with an income of £6OO or £7OO after the. donor's decease. Three acres are'to be set aside for the building, and the remaining eight acres are p) be sold after the lapse of a certain period to be specified, and the proceeds held in trust for the purposes of the institution. The building is to be erected in brick, and plans are to be prepared immediately. The institution to be "undenominational the only stipulation be* ing that * hymn shall be sung and the Lord's Prayer said eaeh evening. Children other than hospital patients may be admitted. The yjsdue of the donation is about carries a Government subsidy equal to about £3600.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 26 June 1913, Page 5
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177A HANDSOME GIFT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 26 June 1913, Page 5
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